Trey Junkin was a 41-year-old, recently retired long snapper with a spotless track record when he joined the Giants the week of their first-round playoff game against the 49ers.

Five days later, his career ended when he botched a snap on what would have been a 41-yard field goal try in the final seconds for the Giants, who had blown a 38-14 third-quarter lead. They lost, 39-38.

As good as Kerry Collins was in the Giants’ demolition of the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game, he was terribly shaky in Super Bowl XXXV against the Ravens’ ferocious defense.

Collins was 15-for-39 and threw four interceptions, one returned for a TD, as the Giants lost, 34-7. He named his dog, born that day, Fiver Intercepted – the first for his number, the second for the obvious.

To be a “goat’’ your team usually must be playing in an important game. So it’s not easy finding entries from New York hockey or basketball in the 2000s.

How about the Islanders’ Eric Cairns, who in the first game of a first-round series had an awful giveaway that set up a Lightning goal. A few minutes later, he did it again. The Islanders lost the game, 3-0, and the series, 4-1.